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ES (Everything Command Line Interface) vs fselect: catalog facts
ES (Everything Command Line Interface)	fselect
Best for: Windows users who want Everything's fast file search inside scripts and the terminal	Best for: People who find SQL easier to write than find expressions
Free Free download from voidtools, with source published under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source, dual licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0.
Windows, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Uses Everything's index for near-instant results Full Everything search syntax from the console All 3 strengths for ES (Everything Command Line Interface) Uses Everything's index for near-instant results Full Everything search syntax from the console Sorting, formatting and export options for scripts	Readable SQL-like queries instead of find flags Subqueries and aggregate functions All 3 strengths for fselect Readable SQL-like queries instead of find flags Subqueries and aggregate functions Can compare results across several directories
Requires Everything to be installed and running Windows only	Not a complete replacement for find and ls Query grammar is SQL-like but not real SQL
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT OR Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for ES (Everything Command Line Interface) voidtools.com/support/everything/command_line_interface Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for fselect github.com/jhspetersson/fselect Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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